Omniscience.’

  Luna stared at Storm Rider with surprised eyes. She was both amazed and shocked after she just casually name-dropped the name of her second Aura. Omniscience meant knowing all. Did that mean that Storm Rider had infinite knowledge?

  No, not at all. This meant that Storm Rider could exist at any point in a certain reality.

  Luna frowned a little as she tried to assess the small description the Fire Keeper had shared. “You can exist at many points?”

  “To put it lightly, yes.” The Fire Keeper responded as she shifted her attention back to the meat.

  She hissed when she noticed some charred pieces. “Crap! This one is overcooked. It won’t taste as well as I wanted it to.”

  She flipped the meat with her hand. She didn’t even react to the heat.

  Meanwhile, Luna remained seated on the floor with her eyes carefully watching the Fire Keeper like she was some golden prize that had just spawned out of nowhere.

  Earlier, she had assessed that the Fire Keeper had an aura that connected her with nature. Everything she had done until now connected her to the concept of Nature: the reanimated shark creature, the coral manipulation, the way she created the shelter, and her will over certain territories.

  To think that was all just advanced sorcery!

  This changed things because Omniscience was a term often used to describe gods. They were all-knowing. They are aware of everything that happens because they are Omniscient.

  Storm Rider was aware of everything that happened within this Tower because she was always watching them.

  She was omniscient in that way.

  Luna swallowed her saliva. ‘A human who possesses a god-like Aura. She doesn’t create clones of herself but chooses to exist at certain points. I can now see how she defeated the deities in her past.’

  She managed to defeat those deities because she was almost unkillable. How do you beat someone who can exist at all points?

  ‘The outcomes only point to loss. Her second Aura might not be so battle oriented but that's catered for by her authority over the divine flames and her advanced sorcery.’

  Luna’s eyes brightened up the surroundings.

  ‘Then I should focus more on learning sorcery as soon as I open a Soul Gate. If I do, I won’t be held down by my aura if I face someone who knows about it. There’s also the possibility that my Aura might not be an offensive one.’

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  “Are you just going to stare at me like that, or are you going to help me cook? Oh, and by the way, an army is currently moving through the Desert of Rou,” one of her versions watching the desert noticed the large army crossing the red desert. “They will probably make it to Verge in a few weeks or days and will soon wipe out the remaining creatures. They all seem to be extremely powerful, especially the man.”

  “Which one?” Luna asked.

  “Mhmm. Strange…I don’t know him. He’s protected by Them.” Storm Rider responded with a complicated expression. There was a hint of anger in her voice.

  “By who?”

  Just when Storm Rider was about to answer, the sweet aroma of the ready meat reached Len and Darkness. The two woke up at almost the same time and groaned before they noticed the aroma in the air and instincts instantly led them to the source and stars formed in their eyes.

  At that moment, none of them wanted to know where the meat was coming from. They just wanted to expel their hunger.

  Lucky for them, most of the meat was ready and Storm Rider was garnishing it with some spice to finish it up.

  ‘Unfortunately, we're out of stale bread.' Luna somehow missed the strange taste of spoiled bread. 'Where did she get the wheat even? How..."

  This wasteland was composed of both ice and snow, growing anything was supposed to be impossible. But Storm Rider was a well-established user of the mystical arts so not a lot of things were impossible for her.

  ‘She’s technically a goddess.’

  Luna and Storm Rider placed the meat on four stone plates. It was a lot of meat but that was all they had as a form of food.

  Len pulled her plate out of Luna’s hand and started chowing down her meat like a hungry wolf.

  Darkness followed. She showed no form of hesitation as she started chewing on her meat.

  With a heavy sigh, Luna grabbed her piece of meat and bit into the meat. To her surprise, the meat was both tender and juicy as her mouth was bathed in a rain of flavor. Storm Rider was right when she said she had her way around spices. She had improvised with the weird plants she collected around to create something like this.

  This was luxury in a place like this.

  “This is amazing.”

  “How is this so flavorful?”

  “Oh my gods….who knew cursed creature meat would taste this good!”

  “Eating my enemies is indeed the best revenge!”

  Darkness laughed weakly as she chewed her meat like a real animal. There was no etiquette to the way she ate. She sucked on her fingers as she savored the taste of her meat.

  Usually, Luna would’ve been disgusted upon seeing this. But she was doing the same thing. The meat was too good.

  Soon, the cave was lively and even got livelier when Storm Rider told them all of the news of the army arriving.

  As it appeared, a good meal and good news seemed to affect both Len and Darkness. The two seemed to have endured a lot over the past weeks on this floor.

  Their faces brightened up because this was a sign that this hellish subjugation was coming to an end soon.

  Whether this is a good thing or not, Luna wanted to remain neutral about all of this. This Tower could only be destroyed by her. Will that be a good thing or a bad thing?

  After eating till she was satisfied, Luna left the cave to go and try cultivating since she had a lot of essence in her body and it was about time she purified it and made it her own.

  Plus, the giant Mountains which were part of an emperor-level being’s body were flowing with life essence of the purest kind since this creature wasn’t cursed or corrupted in the first place. She might never get an opportunity like this again. So she was going to absorb as much life essence as her body could handle.

  With pure essence, she might force the first gate open earlier than expected. The changes in her soul were now more tangible.

  Whether it was her unique inheritance or the god relic. Luna was sure something was accelerating these developments.

  She ignored the coldness and found herself a nice tall ridge growing out of the ground. Luna sat close to it and began to meditate after clearing away some snow.

  She entered a clear state of mind and started siphoning the energy around her into her body while refining the one she already had. Refining was the easy part but merging the foreign essence with her own was a lot harder than she thought.

  Her muscles tensed up and she bit onto her lips as the battle for dominance started. The essence in her body wanted to dominate. While the essence of the Earth lord resisted.

  The essence of an Actual Heavenly being was more aware than that of the creatures she fought in the forest. So its resistance wasn’t fully a surprise.

  When Storm first explained all of this to her, she never mentioned that the essence of stronger creatures needed this much effort to be resisted.

  Her body trembled slightly. Then it started to feel like her own blood was on fire as the essence resisted even more. She steeled her nerves and clenched her fists. Her eyes shook under her eyelids and her body started to glow a gold hue.

  After a few more hours, Luna opened her eyes. And with them, all the noise of the world returned to her ears.

  There was a gentle glow in her eyes as all the pure essence merged with her soul.

  A satisfied smile appeared on her face. ‘I’m close. I can feel it.’